July 31, 2020
Karnataka HC banishes the challenge Karnataka Epidemic Disease Ordinance Act
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The Karnataka High Court rejected the petition challenging ‘The Karnataka Epidemic Disease Ordinance, 2020’, promulgated to protect officials engaged in the Covid-19 duty from any physical harm. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H P Sandesh, said “without going into the question whether Central Ordinance will apply to the state of